tessera
pronunciation
How to pronounce tessera in British English:
UK ['tesərə]
How to pronounce tessera in American English:
US ['tesərə]
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- Noun:
- a small square tile of stone or glass used in making mosaics
Word Origin
- tessera (n.)
- plural tesserae, "small, square piece of stone," 1650s, from Latin tessera "a die, cube, square tablet with writing on it" used as a token or ticket, from Ionic Greek tessera, neuter of tesseres (Attic tessares) "four" (see four).
Example
- 1. It has signed two large power-purchase agreements , for up to 1750mw , and plans to fulfil them using dish-engine systems built in conjunction with its sister company , tessera solar .
- 2. The companies on our list are not the direct component suppliers to apple , but , rather , those most likely are reaping royalties due to their intellectual property positions : qualcomm ( nasdaq : qcom - news - people ) , interdigital and tessera .